Preface

The Administration Guide, provides procedural
information for configuring Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server
features from the command line. Instructions for configuring these
feature by using the web-based interface (Directory Service Control Center) are provided
in the online help.

Who Should Use This Book

This Administration Guide is intended
for administrators of Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server software.

Examples Used in This Guide

For consistency reasons, the same example data is used throughout
this guide. Replace these values with the appropriate values for your
system.

Table P–1 Default Values Used in Examples

Variable

Values used in examples

Suffix (SUFFIX_DN)

dc=example,dc=com

Instance path (INSTANCE_PATH)

For Directory Server: /local/ds/

For Directory Proxy Server: /local/dps/

Hostnames (HOST)

host1, host2, host3

Port (PORT)

LDAP: Default for root: 389. Default for non-root: 1389

SSL default: Default for root: 636. Default for non-root: 1636

Directory Server Enterprise Edition Documentation Set

This Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation set explains how to use Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition to
evaluate, design, deploy, and administer directory services. In addition,
it shows how to develop client applications for Directory Server Enterprise Edition. The Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation
set is available at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1224.4.

For an introduction to Directory Server Enterprise Edition, review the following documents in
the order in which they are listed.

Explains how to plan and design highly available, highly scalable directory
services based on Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Presents the basic concepts and principles of
deployment planning and design. Discusses the solution life cycle, and provides
high-level examples and strategies to use when planning solutions based on Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

Explains how to install the Directory Server Enterprise Edition software. Shows how to select
which components to install, configure those components after installation,
and verify that the configured components function properly.

Introduces the technical and conceptual foundations of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Describes
its components, architecture, processes, and features. Also provides a reference
to the developer APIs.

Describes the command-line tools, schema objects, and other public interfaces
that are available through Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Individual sections of this document
can be installed as online manual pages.

Provides general guidelines and best practices for planning and deploying Identity Synchronization for Windows

Related Reading

The SLAMD Distributed Load Generation Engine is a JavaTM application
that is designed to stress test and analyze the performance of network-based
applications. It was originally developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. to benchmark
and analyze the performance of LDAP directory servers. SLAMD is available
as an open source application under the Sun Public License, an OSI-approved
open source license. To obtain information about SLAMD, go to http://www.slamd.com/. SLAMD is also available as
a java.net project. See https://slamd.dev.java.net/.

Directory Server Enterprise Edition can be licensed as a standalone product, as a component of Sun Java Enterprise System,
as part of a suite of Sun products, such as the Sun Java Identity Management
Suite, or as an add-on package to other software products from Sun. Java Enterprise System is
a software infrastructure that supports enterprise applications distributed
across a network or Internet environment. If Directory Server Enterprise Edition was licensed as a component
of Java Enterprise System, you should be familiar with the system documentation at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1286.3.

Identity Synchronization for Windows uses Message Queue with
a restricted license. Message Queue documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1307.2.

Identity Synchronization for Windows works with Microsoft Windows password policies.

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